Maksym's profile
Maksym Prykhodko is a Ukrainian-born interdisciplinary artist whose work explores immigration, identity, and Ukrainianess through installation and interactivity.
Originally trained in music composition, Prykhodko received a BFA from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. In 2021, he earned an MFA in Intermedia and Digital Arts from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. His thesis, American Boy, examines immigrant identity and the pressures of assimilation. Set within a partially reconstructed child’s bedroom, the installation centers on a boy attempting—often futilely—to cultivate a sense of self and “Americanness,” revealing the emotional dissonance embedded in that process.
More recently, Prykhodko has turned to Ukrainian embroidery, designing and hand cross-stitching intricate patterns on aida cloth. He is drawn to the medium’s meditative, tactile demands, which require patience and intentionality in contrast to the distancing nature of digital fabrication. Sourcing motifs from traditional Ukrainian embroidery books and reconfiguring them into new compositions, Prykhodko treats the process as both personal and archival—part of an ongoing effort to engage with his heritage, memory, and selfhood.
